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  • Title: Ferroptosis Accompanied by OH Generation and Cytoplasmic Viscosity Increase Revealed via Dual-Functional Fluorescence Probe.
    Author: Li H, Shi W, Li X, Hu Y, Fang Y, Ma H.
    Journal: J Am Chem Soc; 2019 Nov 13; 141(45):18301-18307. PubMed ID: 31644876.
    Abstract:
    Ferroptosis, a new form of regulated cell death, results from the iron-dependent accumulation of lipid peroxides that are associated with reactive oxygen species. However, it remains unclear how hydroxyl radical (OH) and cellular microenvironments such as viscosity alter in this process. Herein, we characterize for the first time the changing behavior of OH and cytoplasmic viscosity during ferroptosis using a dual-functional fluorescence probe (H-V) that is designed via the molecular rotor strategy and the unique aromatic hydroxylation of OH. Probe H-V shows completely separate spectral responses to OH and viscosity with high sensitivity and selectivity, thereby achieving the detection of OH and viscosity in two independent channels without spectral cross-interference. With the probe we find that ferroptosis is accompanied by significant OH generation and cytoplasmic viscosity increase. Most notably, the raised OH comprises the majority of the total reactive oxygen species in ferroptosis. H-V is biocompatible, ready to prepare, and may be expected to be used in the study of viscosity and OH detection in more biosystems.
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